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Name______________________________
Date______________________
Grammatical Errors
Directions: Choose the punctuation mark that is needed in each of the following
sentences. If no additional punctuation is needed, choose e.
1. Maureens three sisters, Molly, Shannon, and Patricia are spending the
summer at their grandmothers beach house.
a. ;
b.
c. !
d. ,
e. none
2. For the centerpieces, the florist recommended the following flowers
daisies, tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths.
a. :
b. ,
c. .
d. ;
e. none
3. Kims assistant, usually so reliable, has been late for work three times
this week, without any excuse.
a.
b. ;
c. .
d. ,
e. none
4. Madeline Larkin our office manager, is the most organized person Ive
ever known.
a. :
b. ;
c.
d. ,
e. none
Directions: For each question, find the sentence that has a mistake in capitalization
or punctuation. If you find no mistakes, mark choice d.
Verb Agreement
11.
15.
a. No, its not true.
b. The curtain closed, and the people will applaud.
c. My sister is a nurse practitioner.
d. No mistakes
16.
a. They talked through the entire movie.
19.
a. She showed us five different shades of blue paint.
b. The liveliest one of the three puppies are no adopted yet.
c. This is the best birthday part I have ever had.
d. No mistakes
Pronouns
Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.
dont stop playing _______ video games, you will miss the bus.
that
those
them
this
23.If you
a.
b.
c.
d.
24.We arranged the flowers and placed _________ in the center of the table.
a. it
b. this
c. them
d. that
Commas
Directions: Select the letter that indicates the correct comma placement.
25. The team practiced on Monday for the championship game was on Wednesday.
a) after for b) after game c) after Monday
d) correct
27. We were offered several kinds of sandwiches: ham and cheese peanut butter
and jelly and tuna salad.
a) after offered b) after cheese, jelly, and and c) after cheese and jelly d) correct
29. A major sandstorm tore through the desert and it caused severe damage to any
vegetation or rock formations it encountered.
a) after tore and desert b) before vegetation c) before and d) before and and
or
30. When we boarded the train the conductor immediately announced for everyone
to sit down.
a) after train
b) before immediately
c) after announced
d) correct
Commas
Directions: Choose the letter that has the commas placed correctly in the sentence.
31. Choose the sentence with the correct comma placement.
A)
B)
C)
D)
B)
C)
D)
B)
C)
D)
B)
C)
D)
Although, you may be right I cannot take your word for it.
B)
Although, you may be right, I cannot take your word for it.
C)
Although you may be right I cannot take your word for it.
D)
Although you may be right, I cannot take your word for it.
38. I hope you did study, Mrs. Lopez said, because this is an important test.
40. Carly, I plan on going to the dance tonight at the middle school, said Bernie.